This week I'm speaking with award-winning author and CEO of Think Atom think tank, Rauli Partanen. In the show, we discuss: 00:00 - Intro05:56 - The link between human wellbeing and energy consumption18:11 - The current global energy mix, and decarbonization20:43 - European gas crisis & deindustrialisation 25:38 - How important is the pace of decarbonisation?30:19 - The potential of nuclear energy35.14 - Why has nuclear been so maligned? 41:00 - Misconceptions about nuclear energy42:00 - Nuclear waste49:00 - Chernobyl and Fukushima58:30 - Advances in nuclear technology01:02:00 - Why Can’t the UK build infrastructure?01:04:36 - The problems with the nuclear pace of deployment01:07:25 - Building and deploying small modular reactorsLINKS: Reports and studies by Rauli's think tank, ThinkAtom:https://thinkatom.net/publications/Rauli's Amazon author page:https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rauli-Partanen/author/B00M7UVBYKThe Rise of Nuclear Fear - the book mentioned in the show:https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Nuclear-Fear-Spencer-Weart/dp/0674052331Find Rauli on X: https://twitter.com/Kaikenhuippu ---Get your supplements from show partner DoNotAge: https://donotage.org/products?affiliate_code=4G5EZqIAgr&referring_service=link Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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